OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400352
ROOFERS MART OF N. TEXAS (DBA AR SUPPLY CO.)
FORT WORTH, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A COWORKER WERE SECURING A SET OF WAREHOUSE DOORS. THE COWORKER DECIDED HE NEEDED TO GO TO THE OTHER END OF THE WAREHOUSE FOR SOME REASON. THE W AREHOUSE WAS NOT LIGHTED AT THE OTHER LOCATION SO THE COWORKER DECIDED TO TAKE T HE FORKLIFT TO PROVIDE LIGHTING. AS THE COWORKER STARTED THE VEHICLE, EMPLOYEE # 1 MOUNTED THE FORKS. THE COWORKER TOLD HIM NOT TO RIDE THE FORKS, BUT BEGAN DRIV ING TOWARDS THE EAST END OF THE WAREHOUSE WITHOUT WAITING FOR EMPLOYEE #1 TO GET OFF THE FORKS. AS THEY APPROACHED THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE WAREHOUSE, EMPLOYEE # 1 LOST HIS FOOTING, FELL AND WAS RUN OVER BY THE FORKLIFT. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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